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 St. Petersburg police are investigating after officers say a teenage boy was shot Sunday night.  Few details have been released, but a St. Petersburg Police Department spokeswoman told FOX 13 that the shooting happened in an alley in the area of 3636 5th Avenue N. around 11 p.m. According to SPPD, the teen’s injuries appear to be minor.  Police did not say if they were looking for a suspect.  This is a developing story. If you’ve experienced a personal injury, turn

Photo by: cbs12 A car rolled over, trapping one occupant inside, in a two-vehicle crash Monday morning on Florida’s Turnpike South. The Martin County Fire Rescue responded to the major crash, near Mile Marker 136 in Palm City, and slowly reopned the lanes around 9 a.m. Multiple units were on the scene around 8:30 a.m., and officials urged commuters to avoid the area and use caution if nearby as drivers were backed up to roughly Mile Marker 139, traffic cameras

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a car in Coconut Creek Sunday night, police said. The incident happened at 6:26 pm on Lyons Road near the Promenade, Coconut Creek Police said in a post on X. The victim, an adult man, died at the scene, police said. The driver that hit him did not stay at the scene but was located, police said. Police did not state whether the driver had been arrested. The name of the victim was not immediately

Another local community is wobbling in the wake of a devastating accident that claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy on Saturday evening, as reported by NBC6 News and Local 10 News this weekend. According to police reports, the child suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head while inside a home on NW 207th Street and 38th Avenue. Authorities responded to the scene around 7:40 p.m. and discovered the boy in critical condition. He was swiftly airlifted to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, in

Photo by: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Emergency crews responded to a devastating head-on collision in the Florida Keys on Saturday, leaving several people injured and three airlifted to a trauma center. Local 10 News reported that authorities responded to the scene of the crash, which involved two vehicles, at Mile Marker 13. The report also revealed that the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that multiple people were injured, and three of those victims were transported by Trauma Star to Jackson

Dozens of people are displaced after an apartment building in Starke caught fire. The fire was reported around 1 p.m. Sunday at North Temple Ave Studios, according to Bradford County Fire Rescue. Firefighters say the fire started in one of the units and spread to the others. The fire has since been contained and no injuries have been reported. The Red Cross was notified and will help the 20 people who were displaced by the fire. The cause of the

A 47-old man has died after a crash in Marion County on Saturday, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers said this crash happened around 12:18 p.m. According to a news release, a pickup truck was traveling north on County Road 315. A pedestrian was walking south in the middle of the lanes and heading toward the vehicle. Trooper said the 19-year-old driver did not see the man until the last moment. Investigators said as a result, the car hit the

The Florida Highway Patrol is asking the community for information after it says the body of a Lakeland man was discovered on I-75 on Sunday afternoon. Troopers say a passerby told them that there was a body lying on the north shoulder of the interstate near Big Bend Road in Gibsonton shortly before 3 p.m. When troopers arrived, they said they found a 55-year-old Lakeland man dead. According to FHP, evidence shows that the man was likely hit by a large red vehicle, which

A 23-year-old woman has life-threatening injuries after officials say she lost control of her vehicle Saturday night. Just before midnight, authorities say deputies assigned to the Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) responded to the scene of the crash at 5th Avenue and Mangrove Avenue in St. Pete Beach. According to deputies, Ka’Pone Wainwright was speeding while headed west on Corey Causeway when she lost control of her 2003 Honda Accord and hit a palm tree in the roadway’s median. Wainwright was

A 28-year-old woman is dead and two children are in serious condition after a crash on State Road 47 near Chastain Road in Columbia County on Friday.  According to the Florida Highway Patrol, at approximately 8:10 a.m. Friday, troopers said a sedan was heading north on SR-47 when for an unknown reason, it traveled off the road and into the east shoulder. After traveling a short distance, the vehicle traveled back into the road, but the driver overcorrected causing it

Florida Highway Patrol troopers are investigating a multi-vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist from Dunnellon around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night. They say it happened on US-41, near SW 54th St., about three miles north of Rainbow Springs State Park. Troopers say a driver in one SUV turned into the path of a 40-year-old biker, causing the crash. A 91-year-old driver in another SUV then also hit the motorcyclist, who died at the scene. FHP says no one else was

An impaired driver in a Jeep Gladiator blew through a red light on Bloomingdale Avenue in Hillsborough County late Saturday, causing a four-vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist and injured four others, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The motorcyclist was a 19-year-old man from Valrico. Troopers did not immediately release his name. Caleb Lee Green, 35, of Tampa, faces a charge of DUI manslaughter, according to the Highway Patrol. Green was traveling west on Bloomingdale Avenue into the intersection